Megalithic Cemetry Ibbankatuwa in Dambulla

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  Admin Chandare

  :: 26 March 2018 16:55:24

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  Rangika Halwatura

  :: 14 February 2018 22:47:57

  Historical location which links the old Sri Lankans. There are three stages of excavations and all the readings found were believed to be belongs to the same era. This is sort of an old cemetery where the remains were placed after burning the bodies. The remains were then put in to clay pots, again burnt clay pots. Finally those were covered with stone slashes. This is just on the main Dambulla road and easily can be located. Only one excavation was carbon tested for aging. As per the results, it was found that these remains are more than 2700 years old now. That means this civilization goes beyond the arrival of king Wijaya from India. This is in away a showcasing of our ancient culture and the technology. They burnt the remains and as a respect they put them in to burnt clay pots. It's clear that the ancient Sri Lankans had a much civilized culture, whch even could respect the remains of a dead person. They placed these in a burnt clay pots. That means they were will aware of the clay (soil) technology and Chemical soil stabilization. They covered these pots with stone slashes. If they made permanent structures for cemeteries, we can easily assume that they too lived in well built dwellings. So all together we can easily conclude that the ancient Sri Lankans were with a well developed culture with respect to other western countries.

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  Kasun Sanjula

  :: 31 January 2018 20:41:53

  Amazing historical place in srilankan

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  Tharindu Chathuranga

  :: 21 January 2018 09:42:49

  It is amazing I saw a bill board about ancient crematory while passing Kurunegala- Dambulla Road in Sri Lanka. The site is very nicely planned and the staff is there to explain in case of you are more in to details. There you can see the clay pots used by ancient people to put the ash of their deceased loved ones and bury ceremonially at this place. The researches are still going on so please be careful to not to harm to any of the artifacts and burial site. Great place to see.

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  Thisara De Silva

  :: 14 March 2017 16:12:16

  Advanced rituals they had during megalithic time...